linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 01/17] kexec: quiet down kexec reboot

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Message-ID: <0f83b70e-2f8f-aa05-84d8-41290679003b@arm.com>
Date:   Fri, 6 Sep 2019 16:17:19 +0100
From:   James Morse <james.morse@....com>
To:     Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...een.com>
Cc:     jmorris@...ei.org, sashal@...nel.org, ebiederm@...ssion.com,
        kexec@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        corbet@....net, catalin.marinas@....com, will@...nel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, marc.zyngier@....com,
        vladimir.murzin@....com, matthias.bgg@...il.com,
        bhsharma@...hat.com, linux-mm@...ck.org, mark.rutland@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 01/17] kexec: quiet down kexec reboot

Hi Pavel,

On 21/08/2019 19:31, Pavel Tatashin wrote:
> Here is a regular kexec command sequence and output:
> =====
> $ kexec --reuse-cmdline -i --load Image
> $ kexec -e
> [  161.342002] kexec_core: Starting new kernel
> 
> Welcome to Buildroot
> buildroot login:
> =====
> 
> Even when "quiet" kernel parameter is specified, "kexec_core: Starting
> new kernel" is printed.
> 
> This message has  KERN_EMERG level, but there is no emergency, it is a
> normal kexec operation, so quiet it down to appropriate KERN_NOTICE.

As this doesn't have a dependency with the rest of the series, you may want to post it
independently so it can be picked up independently.


Thanks,

James